The NEX Playground outsold Xbox on Black Friday in the United States

Black Friday 2025 was another historic day in the video game world, as surprising sales have been revealed. PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console on Black Friday week in the United States, which accounted for 47% of hardware sales. Nintendo Switch 2 was the second-best-selling console of the week.

What’s interesting about the latest console sales report is that the top three do not include Xbox for the first time in a while.

It was revealed by Mat Piscatella of Circana that the NEX Playground came in third with 14% of the hardware sales, with Xbox Series X|S not even scratching the surface. This mini console, which you may have never heard of until now, is $249 on Amazon and is made for families to play together in the living room.

NEX Playground is best described as a “Kinect” style console because every game requires you to get up and start moving. Games like Fruit Ninja, Starri, Whac-a-Mole, Go Keeper, and Party Fowl are included with the console. There’s also a playground that has a variety of interactive motion games.

Part of the reason we are starting to see a decrease in Xbox console sales is the price increases Microsoft has put on the Xbox Series X and S.

Have you tried the NEX Playground yet?